Annual Report 2008 - Central Queensland University

Our students
come from all walks
of life, so we have
a range of ways to
engage them.
Student
Competitiveness
Strategic Plan 2007-2011
Aim: CQU will develop high quality programs
that differentiate CQU within the global higher
education sector.
Report from Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics and Education
2008 was a year of structural and leadership change for the Faculty. In October
2008, the Vice-Chancellor and President formally approved the amalgamation of
the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education with the Faculty of Business and
Informatics. The Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the former Faculty
of Arts, Humanities and Education, Professor Richard Smith, retired from the
University in July. Professor Kevin Tickle was formally appointed as Pro Vice-
Chancellor and Executive Dean of the newly designated Faculty of Arts, Business,
Informatics and Education through to the year 2011.
Reporting against the
Strategic Plan
2007-2011:
Organisational Academic
Focus, Sustainability,
Capacity and
Competitiveness
This report represents a combined report of the two former faculties.
Learning and Teaching
As part of its annual review of programs, the Faculty identified the need to
reinvigorate its Theatre and Music programs to ensure continued market viability.
As a result a suite of new programs including the Graduate Certificate in Music
Theatre Writing, the Graduate Certificate in Jazz Performance and the Bachelor of
Theatre were developed in 2008 to commence in 2009, providing a greater diversity
of specialisations and industry specific tertiary level instruction not available at other
Australian universities. Consequentially, the Bachelor of Performing Arts has been
dissolved and no new enrolments will be accepted into the program in 2009. In
its place the Bachelor of Theatre will commence in Term 1, 2009 and will provide
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